The Very Best of Perry Como

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Tracklist

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1Papa Loves Mambo
producer:
Joe Carlton
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1954-08-31) and The Ray Charles Singers (on 1954-08-31)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (on 1954-08-31)
recording of:
Papa Loves Mambo (on 1954-08-31)
writer:
Al Hoffman, Dick Manning (American songwriter) and Bickley Reichner
2.52:41
2Magic Moments
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1957) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1957)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1957)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1957) and Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1957)
arranger:
Joe Reisman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1958)
recording of:
Magic Moments (in 1957)
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and MCA Music Ltd.
3.152:43
3Delaware
2:22
4Caterina
2:09
5Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1955) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1955)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1955)
cover recording of:
Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
writer:
Forest Gene Wilson (in 1954), Eunice Levy (Member of Gene and Eunice) (in 1954) and Jake Porter (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Meridian Music Corp. (in 1954)
recording of:
Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
writer:
Forest Gene Wilson (in 1954), Eunice Levy (Member of Gene and Eunice) (in 1954) and Jake Porter (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Meridian Music Corp. (in 1954)
2:42
6It’s Only a Paper Moon
2:08
7Tina Marie
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1955) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1955)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1955)
recording of:
Tina Marie
writer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
2:34
8Fooled
2:57
9Juke Box Baby
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1956) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1956)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1956)
recording of:
Juke Box Baby
writer:
Joe Sherman and Noel Sherman
2:15
10A Bushel and a Peck
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1950) and Betty Hutton (in 1950)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1950)
recording of:
A Bushel and a Peck
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
2:45
11Somebody Up There Likes Me
2:07
12More
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1956) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1956)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1956)
recording of:
More
lyricist:
Tom Glazer
composer:
Alex Alstone (a.k.a. Siegfried Stein/Gaston Lecoque)
2:37
13Wanted
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1953-12-29)
orchestra:
Hugo Winterhalter’s Chorus and Orchestra (on 1953-12-29)
recording of:
Wanted
writer:
Jack Fulton (US jazz trombonist, composer & vocalist) and Lois Steele
3:07
14My One and Only Heart
2:55
15With All My Heart and Soul
3:09
16I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)
2:48
17Mi casa, su casa (My House Is Your House)
3:00
18Hello, Young Lovers
3:18
19Moon Talk
2:35
20The Things I Didn’t Do
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1954) and The Ray Charles Chorus (in 1954)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1954)
recording of:
The Things I Didn’t Do
writer:
Fred Jay (in 1954), Ira Kosloff (in 1954) and Irving Reid (in 1954)
3:06
21Marcheta
3:02
22Glendora
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1956) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1956)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1956)
recording of:
Glendora
writer:
Ray Stanley (rockabilly artist)
2:44
23No Other Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1953-05-19)
orchestra:
The Henri René Chorus and Orchestra (in 1953)
recording of:
No Other Love (on 1953-05-19)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1953)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (from 1952 until 1953)
version of:
Beneath the Southern Cross (Victory at Sea)
33:14
24Round and Round
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1957) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1957)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1957)
recording of:
Round and Round
writer:
Joe Shapiro (US songwriter) (in 1956) and Lou Stallman (Songwriter and producer active since the 1950s) (in 1956)
2:33
25All at Once You Love Her
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1955) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1955)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1955)
recording of:
All at Once You Love Her (Pipe Dream)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Pipe Dream (1955 stage musical)
2:51
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1Hot Diggity
producer:
Joe Carlton
background vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1956-02-02) and The Ray Charles Singers (on 1956-02-02)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (on 1956-02-02)
arranger:
Joe Reisman
recording of:
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) (on 1956-02-02)
writer:
Al Hoffman and Dick Manning (American songwriter)
12:24
2If
producer:
Charles R. Grean
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1950-11-28)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (on 1950-11-28)
cover recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
writer:
H. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans
3:06
3Kewpie Doll
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1958) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1958)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1958)
recording of:
Kewpie Doll
lyricist:
Nick Cave (Australian singer‐songwriter, musician and score composer)
composer:
Mick Harvey
recording of:
Kewpie Doll
writer:
Roy C. Bennett (US songwriter) and Sid Tepper
2:35
4Chincherinchee
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
performer:
The Ray Charles Singers
2:28
5Dancin’
recording of:
Dancin’
writer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
publisher:
Jerome Leiber Music, Purple Starfish Music and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:19
6Pa-paya Mama
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1953) and The Ramblers (backup vocalists for two Perry Como singles) (in 1953)
performer:
Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra (in 1953)
recording of:
Pa-paya Mama
writer:
Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel and George Sandler
2:15
7My Little Baby
2:08
8Look Out the Window
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1953)
performer:
Hugo Winterhalter’s Chorus and Orchestra (in 1953)
recording of:
Look Out the Window
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
David Mann (American songwriter)
2:25
9You Alone (Solo tu)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1953)
performer:
Hugo Winterhalter’s Chorus and Orchestra (in 1953)
recording of:
You Alone (solo tu)
lyricist:
Al Stillman (in 1953)
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist) (in 1953)
2:49
10Love Makes the World Go Round
2:53
11Dream Along With Me
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
performer:
The Ray Charles Singers
recording of:
Dream Along With Me
writer:
Carl Sigman
2:53
12Watermelon Weather
3:26
13Idle Gossip
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1952)
performer:
Hugo Winterhalter’s Chorus and Orchestra (in 1952)
recording of:
Idle Gossip
lyricist:
Floyd Huddleston
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
3:00
14Ivy Rose
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1957) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1957)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1957)
recording of:
Ivy Rose
writer:
Al Hoffman and Dick Manning (American songwriter)
3:13
15Just Born (to Be Your Baby)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1957) and The Ray Charles Singers (in 1957)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1957)
recording of:
Just Born (to Be Your Baby)
writer:
Luther Dixon and Billy Dawn Smith
2:32
16I May Never Pass This Way Again
recording of:
I May Never Pass This Way Again
lyricist:
Murray Wizell
composer:
Irving Melsher
2:08
17Hit and Run Affair
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1953)
performer:
Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra (in 1953)
recording of:
Hit and Run Affair
writer:
Ray Cormier (songwriter), Don Roseland and Mel Van
2:42
18You’re Following Me
2:09
19Me and My Shadow
2:28
20The Girl With the Golden Braids
vocals:
Chorus ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1957) and Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1957)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1957)
recording of:
The Girl with the Golden Braids
lyricist:
Stanley Kahan (in 1957)
composer:
Eddie Snyder (in 1957)
2:11
21Lies
2:32
22Patricia
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1950) and Mitchell Ayres Chorus (in 1950)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1950)
recording of:
Patricia
writer:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) (in 1950)
2:39
23I Know
recording of:
I Know
writer:
Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz
2:21
24There Never Was a Night So Beautiful
3:06
25‘A’ – You’re Adorable
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1949-03-01) and The Fontane Sisters (on 1949-03-01)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (on 1949-03-01)
cover recording of:
‘A’ – You’re Adorable (on 1949-03-01)
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye (in 1948) and Fred Wise (in 1948)
composer:
Sidney Lippman (American songwriter) (in 1948)
publisher:
Aria Music Co. and Sony/ATV Tunes (SOCAN)
2:34